The soldiers paused, spoke quietly among them- selves for a moment, then turned back the way they had come, and were gone.

The first soldier paused a few feet away, watching the knife.

The soldiers paused automatically at the door, like machines waiting for further orders.

The soldiers paused uncertainly, looking at the fat man, their guns still raised to club.

Around him, the soldiers of Aramus paused in their activity.

The soldiers marched past him in an orderly fashion, paused for moment and then opened fire, he said.

A soldier paused in his run to hurl a spear.

Then the soldiers outside paused and shouted through the door - calling to the guard inside the room.

The soldier paused, taking longer than he should have to make the connection.

Then the soldier leading him paused and rapped at a door.